D R A F T
VILLAGE OF BREWSTER
PLANNING BOARD REGULAR MEETING
October 26, 2006
MINUTES
Present: Chairperson Christine Piccini; Board Members: James Bruen, David Kulo, Mark Anderson; Village Attorney Gary Kropkowski.
Not present: Lisa Weitzmann
Others present:
The Pledge of Allegiance was said and the meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m.
I. Housekeeping
Item 1: Accepted Minutes
June 22, 2006 - Regular Meeting Minutes Accepted with motion from Mark Anderson moves with corrections of David Kulo’s name being moved to those not present to the June 22, 2006 minutes, James Bruen seconds.
All members agree.
September 14, 2006 - Regular Meeting Minutes Accepted with motion from Mark Anderson for corrections of addition of underlined statement(s) under
1) “Applicant 1: Farrell” of 9/14/06 minutes;
“Chairperson Piccini: Questions for the June 21, 2006 meeting application process which said may not need waiver, but need confirmation from legal.”,
2) “”Other Business: Discussion Of Applications To The Planning Board” “INSITE Engineering for the Bank of New YOrk Building. (50 Main Street),
3) “Chairperson Piccini: A copy of the waiver documents is included?” David Kulo seconds. All members agree.
Gary provided the answer with the question from the June 22, 2006 meeting. Member of the Zoning and the Planning Boards must be Village of Brewster residents.
Discussed that the Board would like to make sure that all people who speak at the Planning Board meetings are identified in the minutes.
The Board is requesting an extra recorder and tape for backup.
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II. OLD BUSINESS:
No new or revised applications received by October 12, 2006 which is ten days prior to this meeting and so there is nothing on the _____ docket to be done.
Mark Anderson: Does 50 Main Street go back to “square one” now that the deal seems to have changed? I don’t know what the status of 50 Main Street is.
The Planning Board does not have a complete application before us. It is also not our concern at this point in time.
III. OTHER BUSINESS
Item 1. New Inquiries
Members of the public who have projects that they are contemplating to be presented to the Planning Board tonight for discussion.
Chairperson Piccini asks if there is anyone present who would like to present a project this evening.
No members of the public have anything or a project that they would like to bring or discuss before the Board.
Item 2. Conference Review
Discussion whether conference was worth attending, what members learned, training session stemming from the conference.
Attorney Kropkowski: according to the NYCOM attorneys, effective January 1, 2007 “x” hours of training is now mandated for both Zoning and Planning Board members.
Chairperson Piccini: The conference just attended does not count for this calendar year. In the future it appears as if, if you go more than 4 hours in any calendar year your local municipality can decide to let it rollover filling your requirement for the following year.
Attorney Kropkowski informs the Board that there is “opt out” legislation so that training can be waived. However, a resolution is required and would have to be passed in November.
All Board members present agree that the classes/training were informative, gave
valuable information which each member felt they needed and that both Zoning and
Planning members should be mandated to attend the conference each year. It was also mentioned that in the future attendance at the training site may not be required as more training is made available on-line, i.e., Municipal Insurance Reciprocal.org website where course(s) and exam can be taken on line.
Training at local sites are also available. Need to find out criteria and qualifications requirements.
Item 3. Training Sessions
November 2, 2006 date at 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. has been established as the first “training session” for each Planning board member to bring information received at the conference to review and share. The “training sessions” are not meetings. They can be held at the
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Village of Brewster Village offices and all can attend, and do not have to be noticed as business is not be conducted.
Item 4. Next Meeting Date
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday falling on November 23, 2006 which would have been the next meeting date. November 30, 2006 date at 7:30 p.m. as been established as the next meeting date for the Planning Board.
Chairperson Piccini motions for the next Planning Board meeting date as November 30, 2006. Mark Anderson seconds.
This meeting will have to be noticed and all paperwork from applicants for projects will be received by the board by November 16, 2006.
Both the November 30th and December 14, 2006 meetings will be noticed together.
Chairperson Piccini asks if there is anything else to be discussed.
Attorney Kropkowski mentions that the Village Board will have a public hearing on the extension of the moratorium. It expires on November 15, 2006. So it would go to November 14, 2007.
David Kulo motions to end meeting. Mark Anderson seconds.
Meeting is adjourned 8:20 p.m.